Last night the Militia, Police and Public Safety subcommittee #1 approved a substitute bill for Senator Obenshain's SB 1335. As you might recall, SB 1335 prohibited the Clerk of Court from giving out any information on a CHP holder who has a protective order out against somebody.

The substitute is much better - it exempts ALL permit holders from having their information disseminated by the Circuit Court Clerks! No more newspapers printing the names and other information on permit holders, endangering lives!

The new bill makes it even safer for those with protective orders, as they don't have to do anything extra to protect their information - they (and you and I) are all covered 24/7!

Even the Circuit Court Clerk's professional organization likes this bill.

I want to thank Board member Dennis O'Connor for filling in for me at the subcommittee hearing (I was in Craig County with the shooting range issue).

This morning the full Militia, Police and Public Safety committee met and passed the bill out to the Floor by an 11 to 4 vote.

(As a side note, Andrew Goddard told the full committee that what they did in subcommittee to change the bill was "underhanded." That did not go over well, especially since the change was done openly and in the normal fashion in subcommittee. Goddard had decided not to attend last night's subcommittee hearing. That's his fault, not the subcommittee's fault. Delegate Lingamfelter took Goddard to task, saying that the subcommittee was simply doing business as usual and that Goddard's beef would be better summed up as simply not liking the substitute bill. Goddard finally gave half an apology, but I believe even his allies on the committee were embarrassed.)

NOW THE WORK BEGINS!

We need to get an email out urgently to our Delegates to make sure they support this important bill!

Click here to send a pre-written (but editable) email to your Delegate (takes a few seconds to do):

Ten Bears: It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men.

Ten Bears: It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men.

Do your homework. This goes further than the Roanoake Times and a NY paper. This is happening MONTHLY at both the Stafford Co. Sun, AND the Chatham Star-Tribune. I have also had complaints about the Buchannon Co. Voice, the Fredricksburg Freelance Star, the Altavista Journal, and the South Hill Enterprise. I have been collecting physical copies of newspapers ever since the vote last year, referenced in this article. The reason that Sen. Norment voted against the privacy bill is because Va. Press Assn. rep. Ginger Stanley got up and swore that Va. newspapers were not doing this. I HAVE A TWO INCH THICK STACK OF NEWSPAPERS THAT PROVE THAT SHE WAS LYING THROUGH HER TEETH. Too bad that you don't have to take an oath to speak before the G.A. Newspapers ARE doing this, it is an invasion of privacy, it sets law abiding citizens up for burglary, and it has to be STOPPED. On Friday, I met with Sen. Obenshain's aide, and provided him wirth copies of the infractions sent to me. I further volunteered to drop what I was doing at a moment's notice, should the Conference Committee need to see it with their own eyes. This ridiculous behavior is not long for this world. We'll be back until we get it fixed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) — A little noticed privacy case, seemingly insignificant but with large implications on how Americans actually live, is simmering away at the U.S. Supreme Court like a pot of hot coffee.

At issue is the personal information put on parking tickets in thousands of communities across the country, in this case the Village of Palatine, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.

SNIP

Last edited by DaveH; February 10th, 2013 at 02:15 PM.
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Ten Bears: It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men.

Good news -- More Urgent Action needed

This House amendment by substitution is a much broarder bill -- proving coverage of everyone, not just folk with CPHs who also have protective orders. SB 1335H1 protects CHP information from dissemination for ALL permit holders.

Things looking up for SB 1335 tomorrow!

First, here is a blow-by-blow report on yesterday's successful pro-liberty vote in the House to pass the SB 1335 substitute (Senator Obenshain's bill to protect concealed handgun permit information from being given out to the public by the courts).

The bill was carried on the House Floor by Delegate Todd Gilbert for Senator Obenshain.

Delegate Toscano, no friend of gun owners, immediately tried to get the bill struck by claiming the change from protecting CHP holders with protective orders to all CHP holders was not germane. The Speaker, Delegate Bill Howell, considered the motion and VERY IMPORTANTLY ruled that the substitute bill was indeed germane. I was watching the proceedings on my computer and finally was able to take a breath. ;-)

Anti-liberty Delegate Joe "Finger on the trigger" Morrissey then made a series of attempts to discredit the bill, all of which Delegate Gilbert and Delegate Lingamfelter batted down. Anti-liberty Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn also tried to discredit the bill.

In the end, it cleared the House Floor handily with a BI-PARTISAN vote with all the Republicans supporting the bill and some of the Democrats (some who supported the bill may surprise you!)

That important bi-partisan vote is a good sign for its chances in the Senate, tomorrow.

Ten Bears: It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men.

I've sent mine and am readying for another round - my Delegate (Farrell) voted for it already. It's back to the Senate now for a vote. I am hoping my Senator (Reeves) will vote for it also. On another note while I am not surprised at his vote against it, I am wondering what reason Delegate Morrissey has for voting against the protecting the privacy of someone holding a CCW considering they have had some training and a background check before being approved for the permit? For those who were not aware Joe Morrissey caused a stir in the State House in January by bringing an AK-47 and brandishing it with his thumb inside the trigger guard. I am thinking of emailing or getting a response by calling (since I am not his constituent) fo his reasoning. If there is anyone who is his constituent will you question his reasoning also? I will post any response I receive or not.

The Senate has just agreed to the House version of Senator Obenshain's SB 1335!

The bill will now head to the Governor's desk. If he signs SB 1335, then the private information of all CHP holders will be kept private and not be given to the press or anyone else (except police while in the performance of their duties).

It passed by a massive margin of 31 to 9!

Our next step will be to contact the Governor. I'll get back on that and I will advise who supported gun owners and who voted against us shortly.
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Ten Bears: It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men.